System of electrical regulation.



No. 835,487. PATENTED NOV. 6, 1906. J. L. CREVELING.

SYSTEM OF ELECTRICAL REGULATION.

APPLICATION FILED DIS-0.19. 1903.

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PATENTED NOV. 6, 1906.

J. LOREVELINGr SYSTEM OF ELECTRICAL REGULATION.

APPLICATION FILED DEO.19.1903.

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JOHN CREVELINQ OF CRONLY, NORTH CAROLINA.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Original application filed February 12, 1902, Gerial No. 93,775.

Patented Nov. 6, 1906. Divided and this application filed December 19, 1903. erial Be it knownv that 1, JOHN L. Cnnvnrme, a citizen of the United States, residing in Cronly, county of Columbus, State elf North Carolina, have invented certain new and use' ful Improvements in Systems of Electrical Regulation, of which the following is a specification.

. 'M invention relates to systems of electrica regulation, and has for its primary oh- 'ect to produce means for charging storage batteries from a generator running at variable speeds and to maintain a desired constanvoltage upon the .worlncircuit.

A further object of my invention is to produce a construction whereby when the bat tically charged, when a considerable rise in charging current.

voltage is necessary to maintain this normal I have shown means which when this rise in voltage takes place operate to lessen the charging rate, thereby avoiding a useless waste 01 current and cvaporation of electrolyte due to violent gasing of the cells.

My invention also, broadly considered, embodies a regulator adapted to maintain a. constant current from a generator driven at variable speed. and an independent regulator for maintaining the current which the rogulator shall hold constant.

In the following drawings I have shown several means for carrying out my invention.

In Figure I, l have shown means for carrying out my invention in which the regula tion is effected through the field ol a regulator-motor. In Fig. II, I have shown a sinu lar arrangement in which the construction is slightly modified.

My invention relates to systems ol electrical distribution.

In the accompanying drawings I have shown in diagram. several forms of my invention.

- The invention will hereinafter be very particularly set forth and claimed.

This application is a division of the application upon which Patent No. 747,680 as granted to me Der-ember 22, 1903 In the drawings, Fig. I shows a form of my invention wherein the regulation of the lamps and the battery is effected in a certain. manner and the determining-regulator is in shunt to the generator-mains. In Fig. II, I have shown another construction.

In the drawings, 1 indicates a generator driven at variable speeds. This generator in the present instance is driven from the axle of a moving car after the manner of the ordinary storage-battery car systems, and 3 representing the gencratonmains, which extend. to a suitable storage battery 4 and lamp or translation circuit 5. A suitable line-switch (i may be interposed in the genertor-main circuit.

7 is a regulator, herein shown as a motor, one of whose field-coils 8 is in the generatormain circuit and its other field-coil 9, which opposes the coil 8, is at predetermined times included in shunt to the battery-circuit through wires 10 11, rheostat 13, and wire 14. The circuit oi the battery field coil 9 also includes at medetermined times the rheostat 15, as will. be explained. Included in the line 2 are suitable wires 16 17, one of which runs to the switch-arm 20 and the other to the first contact 19 of the rheostat 21.

I have shown the generator l. as being provided with a shunt-field 22, which is connected by a wire 23 to one of the generator-mains and through wire 24, rheostat 25, and wire 26 with the other generator-main. The armature 27 of the regulator-motor is shown as connected across the mains by wires 28 and 29 and a suitable resistance 30. A solenoid at 31 or other suitable device is shown as providing means whereby upon the rise of the batteries to a prodctcrmined voltage the charging rate i'nay be changed.

In the various forms of my invention, which, for the sake of convenience, I have illustrated diagrammatically, l have shown a solenoid at 31 as performing this function. This solenoid at ill in. Fig. l shown as connected, in shunt across the (lynaluo-maius by the wires 32 and as provided with a core 33, operating a pivoted contact-arm 34-, which c io cralcs with the rhcoslat 15.

In. each ol the figures I have shown a line a, which indicates the position of the switcharm 20 \VIIOH. the licld is receiving lull current and the lamps have the proper amount of reslslmmv in circuit therewith and the battery 'llchlwoil ol the regulatormotor has the proper amount of resistance therein. This position indicates the lowest; speed at which the generator gives its normal output, which output remains constant throughout increases of speed.

The armature-shaft 35 ot the regulatormotor is shown provided with a worm 36,

which meshes with a gear 37, which driv i the arm 2t),preterably by means of a frictional connection 38.

The operation of the device is as follows: The parts being supposed to be in the posi tions shown in the figures, the generator 1 is started up, and. upon reaching a. critical speed, owing to the lact that the generator shunt coil 22 receives full current, the generator will have its normal voltage, the armature 37 ol the regulator-motor also receiving current. but the held of the motor is not excited. When the voltage rises to a predetermined degree, the line-switch 6 closes the generatorcircuit. When the generatorcircuit has been completed, the lield-coil 8 ol' the regulatoranotor will receive any current delivered by the generator to the battery or consumption-circuit. This current will tend to excite the field of the regulator-motor and cause the motor-armaturc to rotate so as to move the switch-arm 20 to the left, which, by its movement, immediately cuts the regulat'or-motm lield-coil 9 into circuit through the resistance 13 and introduces rcsistt-ince into the lamp-circuit to compensate for the rise in voltage. As the outputrises resistance will be cut out of the battery "'"ld-coil circuit t) and more resistan e will be cut into the lan'ip-circuit until t'lu normal line a is reached, when. the lamps will have all oi their resistance in circuit and the battery field-coil t) of the regulator-mot'or will be receiving its full current. Upon any fur her rise in the output of the generator due to a further change in the speed t'hc switchan'm 20 will begin to cut t he resistance 2. into the field-circuit ol' the generator and to thercbv cut down the lield and maintain a practically constant output This it does by the action of the coil opposing the action of the coil 9 and overpowering it, thereby causing the switch-arm 20 to move farther to the left, so as to cut down the generator slnintlicld upon an increase of output. So far the solenoid 31 has not come into action and the cells are be ing charged at their normal rate; but let it. be supposed that this charging be continued until the cells have becon'ie nearly charged, so that a considerable rise in, voltage will be necessary to maintain this normal rate. \Yhen this occurs, the solenoid will operate to change the rate to lessen it, thereb avoith ing useless waste ol' current and evaporation of electrolyte due to violent gasing ol' the cells. This is accomplished upon a rise in volt age b the solenoid 31 raising its core 33 so as t cut. a portion. or all ol' the resistance 15 into the circuit of the field-coil 9 of the regulator-motor. This will weaken the fieldcoil 9, and the field-coil 8 will cause the armature 7 ol' the regulator-motor to revolve in such direction as to decrease the output of the generator until the etl'eet 0f the current tlowing from the generator through the coil 8 will practically balance the reduced etl'ect of coil t). Now it the solenoid 3]. shall have caused the output ot" the generator to have been. so lessened as to be less than the current used in the consumption-circuit and if the lamps or other translation devices now be turned on they would tend to consume more current. than given out by the generator. This, however, would cause a drop in the dil" l'erence ol potential across the mains, and thus across the solenoid 2H, weakening the same and allowing the core 3.; to gradually lower and cut out resistance 15, thereby giving to the coil 8) pl.-tcticnll its original full strength, and thus adjusting the regulatorinotor to cause the generator to deliver practically its full normal current, so long as the lamps or consumption-circuit remain connected.

In Fig. ll, l have shown a similar arrangement in which similar characters of rcl'm'ence indicate correspomling parts. in this figure the solenoid 31 is shown as having an opposing winding in circuit through wires 40-11. in the lamp-circuit and operates to vary the resistance 1."), which, bvthe wire 42, resistance 41%, rheostat-i4, and wire 45, is in shunt with. the coil .s ol' the regulator-motor after the arm 2t) has come in contact with the end cont act 44 of thc rhcostat 44. 1.11 this form of m v invention the charging rate is determined by the solenoid 31 and is varied by varying the cll'cct ol' the coil 8 by placing more or less resistance in shunt therewith.

The l'unction of the op )osing winding 40 and -11 upon the solenoi is practically as follows: hen the lamp-circuit is open, as indicated in the figure, no current will flow through the wires 40 and 41, and the opera tion of the solenoid 3] will be as outlined with regard to Fig. I before the lamps .were considered as thrown on in said figure. Should the batteries have been charged and the solenoid 31 have caused the charging rate to have been lessened, the closing of the lamp-switch will cause the lamp-current to llow through the differential \\'lll( ing 40 41 of the solenoid 31, causing the generator to deliver, il desired, its l'ull normal output so long asthc lamp-circuit remainsclosed,thus weakening the solenoid It] and wausing the generator to deliver as nearly as desired its full normal output.

It will be obvious that I do not confine my invention to thc constructions shown in the drawing but in view of the l'act. that the various parts are intercl'angcable l desire to include within the terms olmy claims all age battery charged thereby, a translationcircuit, a regulator for the generator serving to maintain given current outputs, means determining said outputs de endent upon the voltage of the battery an upon current in the translation-circuit, said means actin upon the regulator, substantially as set forth. 3. The combination with a generator, a storage battery, a translation-circuit of a regulator-controlling current delivered by the generator, and means varying said current dependent upon the voltage and current of the translation-circuit.

4. The combination of a generator, a storage battery and translation-circuit of a regulator maintaining the current-output of the generator constant throughout changes in speed of means varying the output to be held constant dependent upon the current and voltage of the translation-circuit 5. The combination with a generator, a

storage battery and translation-circuit of means maintaining the current delivered by the generator substantially cpnstant throughout changes in speed of said generator, of means determining said current to be mainstorage battery, and means modifying said determination dependent upon the energy consumed in the translation-circuit.

6. The combination of a generator, a storage battery charged thereby, a translationcircuit, an electromagnetic regulator for the generator serving to maintain given. currentoutputs, and means determining said output dependent upon the voltage" of the battery the said means operating to varyan electromagnetic efiect 1n the regulator.

7. In combination, a generator, a storage battery charged thereby, a translation-cir erator, means varying the output depen ing for its operation upon the voltage of the storage battery, and means de ending for operation on the activity of t e translationoircuit affecting said regulator.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto signed my name to the foregoing specification this the 9th day of December, 1903.

JOHN L. CREVELING. Witnesses: M. L.-BARMORE,

S. E. Mensa.

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